#CDC45A#CDC45A

#CDC45A is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.532; OKLCH L 80.7% C 0.128 H 104.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.64:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CDC45A
RGB	rgb(205, 196, 90)
HSL	hsl(55, 53%, 58%)
HSV	hsv(55, 56%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 56.1%, 19.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.99, -10.41, 53.37)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.99, 54.37, 101.04°)
OKLab	oklab(80.67% -0.0319 0.124)
OKLCH	oklch(80.67% 0.128 104.4)
XYZ	xyz(46.7637, 53.1987, 17.4759)
Luminance	0.5320 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CDC45A #5A63CD

analogous

#CD8A5A #CDC45A #9DCD5A

triadic

#CDC45A #5ACDC4 #C45ACD

tetradic

#CDC45A #5ACD8A #5A63CD #CD5A9D

square

#CDC45A #5ACD8A #5A63CD #CD5A9D

split-complementary

#CDC45A #5A9DCD #8A5ACD

monochromatic

#847D28 #B3AA36 #CDC45A #DBD589 #E9E6B8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.80

#CDC45A on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.64

#CDC45A on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CDC45A

11.64:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CDC45A	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CDC45A	1.00	1.80	11.64	11.64
#FFFFFF	1.80	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.64	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D3BE4F

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D7C35F

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#DBB8AD

Achromatopsia (no color)

#C1C1C1

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cdc45a;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(205, 196, 90);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.7% 0.128 104.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#dfd58c',
    500: '#cdc45a',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cdc45a;
$custom-light: #dfd58c;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cdc45a",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 205,
    "g": 196,
    "b": 90
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 55.304,
    "s": 53.488,
    "l": 57.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80668,
    "c": 0.12805,
    "h": 104.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.53197
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CDC45A

secondary

#40468C

accent

#56DD4B

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140C

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CDC45A

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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